Problem Set 1

1 Acurrent of 3.2 A flows through a conductor. Calculate how much charge passes through any
cross-section of the conductor in 20s.
2 The charge entering a certain element is
shown in Fig. Find the current at:

3 A rechargeable flashlight battery is capable of delivering 85 mA for about 12 h. How much charge
can it release at that rate? If its terminal voltage is 1.2 V, how much energy can the battery
deliver?
4 If the current flowing through an element
is given by

Plot the charge stored in the element over

0<t<20s.
5 The charge entering the positive terminal of an element is
while the voltage across the element (plus to minus) is

(a) Find the power delivered to the element at 0.3s.

(b) Calculate the energy delivered to the element between 0 and 0.6 s.
6 The voltage v across a device and the current i through it are;

Calculate:
(a) the total charge in the device at 1s
(b) the power consumed by the device at 1s.
7 Calculate the power absorbed or supplied by each element in Fig. (a) and (b)

8 Aconstant current of 3 A for 4 hours is required to charge an automotive battery. If the terminal
voltage is , where t is in hours,
(a) how much charge is transported as a result of the charging?
(b) how much energy is expended?
(c) how much does the charging cost? Assume electricity costs 9 cents/kWh.

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9 Figure shows the power consumption of a

certain household in 1 day. Calculate:
(a) the total energy consumed in kWh,
(b) the average power per hour.

10 The current through and voltage across an element vary with time as shown in Fig. (a) and (b) .
Sketch the power delivered to the element for t>0. What is the total energy delivered to the
element between t=0 and t=25 s? The element voltage and current adhere to the passive
convention.

11 Nichrome wire is used to construct heating elements. Determine the length of 1.0-mm-diameter
Nichrome wire needed to produce a heating element which has a resistance of 2.0 at a
temperature of 20C
12 Determine the resistivity (in ohm-meters) of a carbon-based graphite cylinder having a length of
6.00 cm, a diameter of 0.50 mm, and a measured resistance of 3.0at 20C. How does this value
compare with the resistivity given for carbon?
13 A given material has a resistance of 20 at room temperature (20C) and 25 at a temperature of
85C.
a. Does the material have a positive or a negative temperature coefficient? Explain briefly.
b. Determine the value of the temperature coefficient,a, at 20C.
c. Assuming the resistance versus temperature function to be linear, determine the expected
resistance of the material at 0C (the freezing point of water) and at 100C (the boiling point of
water).
14 Given resistors having the following color codes (as read from left to right), determine the
resistance, tolerance and reliability of each component. Express the uncertainty in both
percentage and ohms.
a. Brown Green Yellow Silver
b. Red Gray Gold Gold Yellow
c. Yellow Violet Blue Gold
d. Orange White Black Gold Red
15 Explain how an ohmmeter may be used to determine whether a light bulb is burned out.
16 A load resistance made from copper wire is connected to a 24-V dc source. The power dissipated
by the load when the wire temperature is 20C is 192 W. What will be the power dissipated when
the temperature of the wire drops to -10C? (Assume the voltage remains constant.)
17 In a factory, two machines, each delivering 27 kW are used on an average for 8.7 h/day, 320
days/year. If the efficiency of the newer machine is 87% and that of the older machine is 72%,
compute the difference in cost per year of operating them at $0.10 per kilowatthour.

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18 Calculate v0 and ix in the circuit of Fig.

19 Find vx in the circuit of Fig.

20 Find vo in the circuit of Fig. and the power

dissipated by the controlled source.

21 For the network in Fig., find the current,

voltage, and power associated with the 20-
k resistor.

22 For the circuit in Fig., determine i1 to i5

23 Find i and V0 in the circuit of Fig.

24 Evaluate Req for each of the circuits shown in Fig. (a) and (b)

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25 Calculate Io in the circuit of Fig.

26 Determine V in the circuit of Fig

27 Obtain v0 in the circuit of Fig

28 Use nodal analysis to obtain v0 in the

circuit of Fig.

29 Apply nodal analysis to solve for Vx in the

circuit of Fig.

30 Using nodal analysis, determine V0 in the

circuit in Fig.

DUE DATE: 17/03/2014 at 12:00

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